1 . Thirty years ago I worked in a company. My job was to sell the cars. I was young and strong and I had been to most parts of the world and I spent one fifth of my time in the trains or planes. I liked such a life and sometimes I called myself "traveler".
But one day I got into trouble. It was a cold morning. It blew heavily and the ground was covered with thick snow outside. I was still in bed though it was nine. I finished a long journey the day before and decided to have a good rest. Suddenly the telephone rang and my manager told me to fly to New York to take part in an important meeting. I had to get up and after a quick breakfast I hurried to the airport. The taxi went slowly and I missed the first flight. I had to take the next one. It meant I would wait for nearly five hours in the waiting-room. But five hours later a passenger said the information showed there was a bomb (炸弹) in our plane and the policemen were looking for it. And another five hours passed and most passengers lost their patience before we were allowed to get on the plane. At the entrance each passenger and their baggage (行李) had to be examined. A young man who seemed a soldier shouted at the policemen at the entrance, "If I had a gun in my baggage, I would shoot you two hours ago!"
1. The writer called himself “traveler” because he ________ .| A．sold cars for his company |
| B．liked trains and planes |
| C．travelled to many parts of the world |
| D．liked travelling in foreign countries |
| A．there was much snow on the road |
| B．it was very cold that morning |
| C．the driver didn’t know he would fly to New York |
| D．the manager told him not to hurry |
| A．five | B．seven |
| C．eight | D．ten |
| A．wouldn't be examined |
| B．had a gun in his baggage |
| C．waited for a long time at the airport |
| D．hated the policemen at the entrance |
2 . Google is consistently rated the best place to work. So you need a degree from Harvard to in the door, right?
Not really, according to Laszlo Bock,Google’s Head of People Operations. When the company was small, Google cared a lot about getting kids from Harvard, Stanford, MIT and many other Ivy League schools. But Bock said it was the “wrong” hiring strategy. Experience has taught him there are exceptional kids at many other places, from state schools in California to New York.
“What we find is the best people from places like that are just as good, if not better, as anybody you can get from any Ivy League school,” said Bock, who just authored a book titled “Work Rules!”
Every year, 2 million people apply to get a job at Google. Bock himself has seen some 25,000 résumés.
So what else does Google not care about:
Grades: Google’s data shows that grades predict performance for the first two years of a career, but do not matter after that.
Brain-teasers: Gone are interview questions such as: Why are manhole covers (井盖) round? or How many golf balls can fit in a school bus? “Our research tells us those questions are a waste of time,” Bock said “They’re a really coachable skill. The more you practice, you get better at it.”
Here’s what Google does care about:
Problem solvers: Your cognitive ability (认知能力), or how well you solve problems.
Leaders: The idea is not whether you were president of the student body or vice president of the bank, but rather: “When you see a problem do you step in, help solve it,” and then critically, “Are you willing to step out and let somebody else take over,and make room for somebody else? Are you willing to give up power?”
Googleyness: That’s what Google calls its cultural fit. It’s not “Are you like us?” Bock said. “We actually look for people who are different, because diversity gives us great ideas.”
“What’s most important is that people are intellectually humble, willing to admit when they’re wrong, and care about the environment around them...because we want people who think like owners not employess,” Bock said.
The least important thing? Knowing how to do the job.
“We figure if you get the first three right you’ll figure it out most of the time.”
1. What does Bock mean in Paragraph 2?| A．People from state schools can be as good. |
| B．Google no longer hires people from Ivy League schools. |
| C．Hiring is a hard job for Google. |
| D．State schools are worse than Ivy League ones. |
| A．What are your grades like? |
| B．What is the significance of figuring out target users? |
| C．How would you improve a Google product? |
| D．How much toilet paper is needed to cover Texas? |
| A．One eager for power. | B．One capable of working independently. |
| C．One willing to step aside. | D．One operating an organization. |
| A．Being unique. | B．Being adaptable. |
| C．Being qualified. | D．Being loyal. |
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Our company is looking for a full-time experienced manager to run the business. Strong skills in organisation and business management are required for this position. The office manager will be responsible for keeping financial（金融的）records, so he or she should be familiar with computers.
Please reply to jim@californiaaquatics.com or call 800-6978 to apply.
Waiter/ Waitress Wanted
A restaurant is looking for an experienced waiter/ waitress. Knowledge of wines and experience in dining are necessary. Must work well under pressure and understand the basics of fine dining and customer service.
If you’re interested, please contact us at job-tkupe-1329358152@craigslist.org to apply.
This is a part-time job.
Office Cleaner Wanted
Looking for a Part-time job? A position in the Mississauga area needs an office cleaner! Part-time 4 hours a day from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm.
Duties include:
Cleaning the washrooms
Cleaning the furniture
Sweeping the floors
Other general cleaning
Some experience is necessary. Pay: $15 per hour
Reply to: job-p3b7u-1365632206@craigslist.org or call 800-8197.
1. Which of the following position is a full-time job?| A．Babysitter. | B．Office manager |
| C．Waiter/ waitress | D．Office cleaner |
| A．job-p3b7u-1365632206@craigslist.org |
| B．job-tkupe-1329358152@craigslist.org |
| C．rebecharv@aol.com |
| D．jim@californiaaquatics.com |
| A．Experience is necessary for all these four jobs. |
| B．One can apply for a waiter or waitress by telephone. |
| C．A babysitter earns $5 more than an office cleaner per hour. |
| D．The office cleaner has to work three hours each day. |
| A．Being familiar with computers. | B．Having knowledge of wines. |
| C．Knowing more about menus. | D．Working well with others. |
4 . Winter sports tend to be more dangerous than summer sports — they take place mostly outside at the mercy of ice or snow, involving (牵涉) metal edges, extreme speeds and crashes. Skeleton (俯视冰梭), however, stands apart as one of the most difficult and least accessible of all the winter sports. Adam Edelman, Israel’s first Olympic skeleton athlete, would like to change that.
Edelman was the 10th athlete named to the 2018 Israeli Olympic Team. Qualifying for the Olympics in any sport is impressive. But it’s more impressive if you qualify for the Olympics after only four years in the sport — and without a coach.
Edelman was first introduced to skeleton watching the game on television in late 2013. Sports have always been a part of his life. He grew up playing football and was a goalkeeper on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology football team. Ready for a new challenge, he set his sights on the Olympics.
Without a coach, Edelman learned to drive by watching endless hours of YouTube videos and taking more runs than anybody else on the track. “When everybody else would take three runs per day, I would take six to eight.” he recalled.
Succeeding in skeleton takes a large amount of athletic ability and technical skill, but there’s one more element (因素) required, one that can’t be taught. “These tracks but built in the middle of nowhere, and it’s gray and cold. You haven’t seen your family in seven months and you really just want to give up. To continue, it takes tenacity.” Edelman said.
Edelman is already looking beyond Pyeongchang. The 2022 Olympics could be in his future, but whether he continues to compete or not, he promises to stay in Israeli sports as long as possible-as instructor or as a coach.
1. What might impress people most?| A．Edelman’s gift in winter sports. |
| B．The challenges Edelman has met. |
| C．Edelman entering for the Olympics. |
| D．Edelman’s successful story as a skeleton athlete. |
| A．Modest. | B．Generous. |
| C．Ambitious. | D．Reliable. |
| A．Will power. | B．Extra strength. |
| C．Good luck. | D．Financial support. |
| A．Setting up a team of his own. |
| B．Passing on his skills and experience. |
| C．Calling on more people to take up sports. |
| D．Ending his sports life after the Olympic Games. |
5 . A gaming company in New Zealand is luring employees. from around the world by offering unlimited paid annual leave, a share in the company’s profits and no set work hours.
Dean Hall became famous in international gaming circles for being the lead designer on popular video game DayZ. After searching the world for a location for his new gaming studio, Rocketwerkz, New Zealander Hall settled on the small university town of Dunedin on the south island’s east coast, where land is cheap and creative start-ups have become an important pan of the city’s identity.
Rocketwerkz’s flexible work culture is now drawing talent from around the globe, with Hall receiving 300 messages of inquiry since a local newspaper wrote about his studio last week.
Last year, when the company was still in its infancy(婴儿期), baby cats would also make a regular appearance in the office as a form of fighting stress, and Friday afternoons are generally reserved for sports and games to end the week on a playful note.
“The first time I heard about the idea of unlimited paid leave in places like Silicon Valley it was about the problems it caused. A culture had appeared where employees took no leave,” said Hall.
“So to address that, our staff are issued the standard New Zealand annual leave of four weeks, but they can also take unlimited leave in addition to that.”
Emily Lampitt, from Britain, is a 3D junior artist who has been with the company for a year and a half. She says the flexible work culture was a huge factor in her decision to move to New Zealand.
“The flexibility here has made me feel much more relaxed” she says. I “That internal stress I used to feel in a traditional work environment has gone, so when I am at work now it is because I want to be, because I am passionate(有激情的), not because I am afraid of my boss or watching the clock.”
1. The underlined word “luring” in Paragraph I is closest in meaning to .| A．cheating | B．disturbing |
| C．inspiring | D．attracting |
| A．To show the company focuses on pressure relief. |
| B．To explain how the company motivates its staff. |
| C．To stress the significance of harmony in workplaces. |
| D．To introduce a new way to promote creativity |
| A．set a good example to Rochetwerkz. |
| B．didn’t work out as expected. |
| C．helped develop the local culture. |
| D．solved the problem of unemployment. |
| A．To encourage companies to be more flexible. |
| B．To describe what a creative company should be like. |
| C．To give a report on the flexible management of a company. |
| D．To discuss how to make a traditional company more competitive. |
6 . When I was five years old, my parents would have to pull me home from yet another painful English vacation. I still didn't want to leave. I want to be away from home. I wanted to go somewhere new and exciting. This became the theme of the next twenty years. I'd spend the whole year counting down to my next holiday, and then as soon as I left I'd begin to dread having to return home. Year after year.
Ten years ago, I decided to build a life that I didn't want to escape from. I knew I wanted to travel in the long term, but I didn't have a lot of money or savings, and there is no one paying for my adventures. For five years, I did three jobs while studying full-time at university. I didn't eat out and I didn't buy anything I didn't need. I even moved in with my parents. I was able to save ﹩16，000 over those five years, which was enough to keep me on the road for a couple of years.
But what if two years wouldn't be enough? Before leaving, I began to spend my time in making plans that would allow me to work anywhere that had an Internet connection. At the time, I was studying for a master degree in physics. While studying, I came up with a list of my interests and skills and began researching into a way to do these anywhere. If I could make money from it and if I could do it online, then it was something worth going after.
I created a writing file that would help me to find free writing jobs. I researched English and physics teaching online, and built travel websites to earn income through sales and advertising. Most of these failed, but I didn't give up.
The work I do has changed over the years and it's still changing now. Now, I pay my traveling through several different things. I'm the Student Travel Expert for About. Com, and a senior writer for Too Many Adapters, a travel technology website. In addition, I will have my first book published this summer. I also offer a travel planning service to help readers prepare for their travels abroad.
To reach this point, where I can cover my expenses and travel full-time, took many, many years of hard work. For me, the freedom makes it worth it. With everything set in place, finally my dreams came true.
1. What does the underlined word "dread" mean in Paragraph 1?| A．fear | B．forget |
| C．miss | D．consider |
| A．placing advertisements online | B．offering a travel planning service |
| C．teaching physics in a university | D．free writing on the websites |
| A．open-minded | B．kind-hearted |
| C．cold-blooded | D．strong-willed |
| A．Why the author desired freedom. | B．Why the author needed money. |
| C．How the author made his living. | D．How the author realized his dream. |
7 . Florence Nightingale was named after her birthplace, Florence, Italy. When she was almost a year old, she returned with her family to England.
Florence often helped her mother deliver (运送) food to the poor and sick.
But Florence was determined. She studied books on medicine. Later, she visited hospitals in France, Germany and Ireland and learned everything she could.
In 1854, Britain was at war with Russia, Florence went to the British hospital in Scutari and she was shocked. The hospital left men lying on the floor, and rats were running everywhere.
The doctors wouldn’t listen to Florence because they didn’t like the idea of women in army hospitals – until one day 500 unexpected casualties (伤亡者) arrived.
When she returned home after the war, a fund had been set up in her honor. Many of the soldiers she had nursed had made contributions (捐款). Now she could set up the Nightingale Training School in London.
After years of hard work, Florence Nightingale saw cleaner and more cheerful hospitals.
| A．Nursing became an honored profession. |
| B．There was no running water and no heat. |
| C．She knew she had much to learn about nursing. |
| D．Florence saw the soldiers’ health had improved. |
| E．As she grew older, she decided to become a nurse. |
| F．They soon realized that Florence could give a hand. |
| G．Upon returning home, she was an expert on hospital management. |
8 . When I graduated from college I dreamed of being a television news reporter. Having no experience, I had to work in a small town until I finally got my big break in the form of a job in Boston. I made it.
Soon, reality set in. I was too often sent to run after accused criminals out of courts, waiting outside of crime scene tape or at the doorstep of a family still crying for tragedy (悲剧). My breaking point came the day I accidentally informed a young woman that her mother died. It was the worst day of my professional life and the day I decided I no longer wanted to shine a light on these stories. My career was ebbing, and at the same time my personal life was too-I divorced.
My mom had always told me “When you’re feeling extremely upset, go help someone else.” So I started seeking out stories of people who had been in the news under tragic circumstances but were doing something inspiring with their lives: a young girl who was paralyzed (瘫痪的) by an accident but was uplifting her classmates with her positive spirit, a blind and autistic (自闭的) musician who learned to play 27 instruments, a disabled soldier who opened his own art studio. I started to tell and promote stories like them.
Over the last 10 years I have discovered my kindness gift: my ability to see the beautiful side of a person and reflect it back to them and the world. In telling stories of people turning their own hurt into acts of helping others I have become more sympathetic, more grateful and kinder. I have learned kindness is who we are, that our power for it is limitless and that, as we shine a light on it, it grows.
1. What changed the author’s working direction in his job in Boston?| A．The tragedy in the society | B．The low payment of the job |
| C．The hurt from his divorce | D．The fear of cruel criminals |
| A．taking off |
| B．getting into trouble |
| C．unchangeable at all |
| D．dull but important |
| A．helping others is a way to escape from reality |
| B．helping others can comfort your soul |
| C．the best way of helping others is telling stories |
| D．it is difficult to make contributions to helping others |
| A．To tell inspiring stories. |
| B．To fight against criminals. |
| C．To ignore our own hurt. |
| D．To do as much kindness as possible. |
9 . How to Do Man-on-the-Street Interviews
The man-on-the-street interview is an interview in which a reporter hits the streets with a cameraman to interview people on the spot.
When your boss or professor sends you out to do man-on-the-street interviews for a story, think about the topic and develop a list of about ten general questions relating to it. For example, if your topic is about environmental problems in America, you might ask, “Why do you think environmental protection is important in America?”
Hit the streets with confidence.
Move on to the next person if someone tells you she is not interested. Don’t get discouraged.
If your news station or school requires interviewees to sign release forms to appear on the air, don’t leave work without them.
| A．Limit your time. |
| B．As you approach people, be polite. |
| C．If you don’t own a camera, you can buy one. |
| D．For new reporters, this can seem like a challenging task. |
| E．To get good and useful results, ask them the same question. |
| F．That number of interviews should give you all the answers you need. |
| G．With a question like this, you will get more than a “Yes” or “No” reply. |
10 . If you go to the Rehabilitation Institute in Chicago, you will see someone working to help patients. The job, which takes patience and skills, helps people do more. These persons are Physical Therapists. And I'm glad to be one of them.
I work closely with people who have hurt themselves. Their injuries may be as mild as having a painful shoulder, knee or back, or as severe as having paralyzed legs and/or arms. It's my job to evaluate what their problems are and come up with ways to help make them better and stronger.
I need to be able communicate well with people of all ages and backgrounds every day. I need to be able to talk to people I’ve never met and ask them personal questions that help me to understand what is wrong with them.
I chose to go into physical therapy because I love to be with people and talk with them. I decided that I didn’t want to use the computer all day or answer the telephone or be in a lab doing experiments.
To prepare to become a Physical Therapist, I had to finish college and then went to graduate school for 3 years, attaining the master degree. In that time, I learned all the muscles in the body and all the organs and how they work. I mastered as much as possible in biology, chemistry, math, physics, physiology and psychology.
What I like about my job is that it is always very interesting and never boring. I like that I am never alone but surrounded by people all the time. They tell me that I have made a difference in their lives and when I go home at night, I know that I have touched someone else’s life and they appreciate the work I did for them.
1. According to the text, what does a Physical Therapist do?| A．Curing patients of their severe diseases. |
| B．Helping patients know more about the hospital. |
| C．Offering tips to make patients better in their life. |
| D．Making patients solve their problems independently. |
| A．Good communication ability. | B．Good experimenting ability. |
| C．Good computer ability. | D．Good observing ability. |
| A．The author just finished his college. |
| B．The author acquired all-round knowledge. |
| C．The author thinks his job is boring. |
| D．The author likes doing experiments. |
